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Fibonacci Number: In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers form a sequence defined by the following recurrence relation. That is, after two starting values, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. The first Fibonacci numbers are: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610,

Zero

Zero is a powerful number which brings great transformational change, sometimes occurring in a profound manner. It has much intensity, so caution is needed wherever it appears to ensure that extremes are not encountered.

Zero represents the Cosmic Egg, the primordial Androgyne - the Plenum.
Zero as an empty circle depicts both the nothingness of death and yet the
totality of life contained within the circle. As an ellipse the two sides
represent ascent and descent, evolution and involution.

Before the One (meaning the Source--not the number) there is only Void,
or non-being; thought; the ultimate mystery, the incomprehensible Absolute.
Begins with meanings such as, Non-existence; nothingness; the
unmanifest; the unlimited; the eternal. The absence of all quality or quantity.

Cultural References

Taoism: It symbolizes the Void; non-being.

Buddhism: It is the Void and no-thingness.

Kabbalism: Boundless; Limitless Light; the Ain.

Pathagoras saw zero as the perfect. Zero is the Monad, the originator and container of All.

Islamic: Zero is the Divine Essence.

Zero Number

History of Zero

Middle East

By the mid 2nd millennium BC, the Babylonians had a sophisticated sexagesimal positional numeral system. The lack of a positional value (or zero) was indicated by a space between sexagesimal numerals. By 300 BC a punctuation symbol (two slanted wedges) was co-opted as a placeholder in the same Babylonian system. In a tablet unearthed at Kish (dating from perhaps as far back as 700 BC), the scribe Bel-ban-aplu wrote his zeroes with three hooks, rather than two slanted wedges.

The Babylonian placeholder was not a true zero because it was not used alone. Thus numbers like 2 and 120 (2X60), 3 and 180 (3X60), 4 and 240 (4X60), et al., looked the same because the larger numbers lacked a final sexagesimal placeholder. Only context could differentiate them.

Greece

Ancient Greeks seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number: they asked themselves "How can nothing be something?", leading to interesting philosophical and, by the Medieval period, religious arguments about the nature and existence of zero and the vacuum. The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea depend in large part on the uncertain interpretation of zero. The ancient Greeks also questioned whether 1 was a number.

Early use of something like zero by the Indian scholar Pingala (circa 5th-2nd century BC), implied at first glance by his use of binary numbers, is only the modern binary representation using 0 and 1 applied to Pingala's binary system, which used short and long syllables (the latter equal in length to two short syllables), making it similar to Morse code. Nevertheless, he and other Indian scholars at the time used the Sanskrit word sunya (the origin of the word zero after a series of transliterations and a literal translation) to refer to zero or void.

Mesoamerica

The Mesoamerican (Mayan) Long Count calendar developed in south-central Mexico required the use of zero as a place-holder within its vigesimal (base-20) positional numeral system. A shell glyph was used as a zero symbol for these Long Count dates, the earliest of which (on Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas) has a date of 36 BC. Since the eight earliest Long Count dates appear outside the Maya homeland, it is assumed that the use of zero in the Americas predated the Maya and was possibly the invention of the Olmecs.

Many of the earliest Long Count dates were found within the Olmec heartland, although the fact that the Olmec civilization had come to an end by the 4th century BC, several centuries before the earliest known Long Count dates, argues against the zero being an Olmec discovery.

Although zero became an integral part of Maya numerals, it of course did not influence Old World numeral systems.

Greece

By 130, Ptolemy, influenced by Hipparchus and the Babylonians, was using a symbol for zero (a small circle with a long overbar) within a sexagesimal numeral system otherwise using alphabetic Greek numerals. Because it was used alone, not just as a placeholder, this Hellenistic zero was perhaps the first documented use of a number zero in the Old World. However, the positions were usually limited to the cractional part of a number, called minutes, seconds, thirds, fourths, etc. They were not used the integral part of a number. In later Byzantine manuscripts of his Syntaxis Mathematica (Almagest), the Hellenistic zero had morphed into the Greek letter omicron (otherwise meaning 70).

Rome

Another zero was used in tables alongside Roman numerals by 525 (first known use by Dionysius Exiguus), but as a word, nulla meaning nothing, not as a symbol. When division produced zero as a remainder, nihil, also meaning nothing, was used. These medieval zeros were used by all future medieval computists (calculators of Easter). An isolated use of their initial, N, was used in a table of Roman numerals by Bede or a colleague about 725, a zero symbol.

India

In 498 AD, Indian mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata stated that "Sthanam sthanam dasa gunam" or place to place in ten times in value, which may be the origin of the modern decimal based place value notation.

The oldest known text to use zero is the Jain text from India entitled the Lokavibhaaga, dated 458 AD. however, it was first introduced to the world by Al Khawarizmim, a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer. He was the founder of several branches and basic concepts of mathematics. In the words of Phillip Hitti, Al Khawarizmi's contribution to mathematics influenced mathematical thought to a greater extent. His work on algebra initiated the subject in a systematic form and also developed it to the extent of giving analytical solutions of linear and quadratic equations, which established him as the founder of Algebra. The very name Algebra has been derived from his famous book Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah.

His arithmetic synthesized Greek and Hindu knowledge and also contained his own contribution of fundamental importance to mathematics and science. Thus, he explained the use of zero, a numeral of fundamental importance developed by the Arabs. Similarly, he developed the decimal system so that the overall system of numerals, 'algorithm' or 'algorizm' is named after him.

The first indubitable appearance of a symbol for zero appears in 876 in India on a stone tablet in Gwalior. Documents on copper plates, with the same small o in them, dated back as far as the sixth century AD, abound.

Three is the mystery, come from the great one,
Hear, and light on thee will dawn.
In the primeval dwell three unities,
Other than these none can exist.
These are the equilibrium, source of creation,
One God, One Truth, One Point of Freedom.
Three come forth from the three of the balance,
All Life, all Good, all Power.
Three are the qualities of God in his light-home
Infinite Power, Infinite Wisdom, Infinite Love.
Three are the circles (or states) of Existence:
The Circle of Light where dwells nothing but God,
and only God can traverse it,
The Circle of Chaos where all things by nature arise from Death,
The Circle of Awareness where all things spring from Life.
All things animate are of three states of existence,
Chaos or death, liberty in humanity, and felicity of Heaven.

There is an ancient wisdom that's says; 'Messages or events that come in three's are worth noticing. 'Whenever anything is mentioned three times it is a witness to us that these things are of utmost importance.

Three symbolizes manifestation into the physical. It is the triangle - pyramid shape in the vesica pisces - see image below.

The TV Show 'Charmed' deals the 'Power of Three Sister Witches', known as the Charmed Ones. Their job is to vanquish evil forces in their many forms and sometimes non-forms.

The above symbol, called a Triquetra (tri-KET a Latin word meaning 'three cornered') appears on The Book Of Shadows.an ancient book of spells that assists these 'Charmed Ones' in dealing with the evil forces they are continually encountering. In some episodes so called evil and good must work together to bring balance to a situation. They cancel each other out in the end - poof - gone - disappeared!

A powerful confirmation occurred as we walked back along the trail, unexpectedly encountering a huge grandmother tortoise seemingly waiting beside the trail to greet us. That's when I knew I was to share about the 'Power of Three' for those who may feel inspired to consciously work with this powerful element of sacred geometry.

'Power of Three' has to do with Alchemy. The Egyptian god Thoth or the Greek Hermes Trismegistus (Thrice Blessed or Thrice Great) are the progenitors of the Emerald Tablets describing the mysteries of Alchemy. The alchemy of three is demonstrated by its power of multiplicity. For example, in understanding the numbers - One gave rise to Two (1+1=2) and Two gave Rise
to Three (2+1=3) and Three gave rise to all numbers (3+1=4, 3+2=5, 3+3=6, 3+4=7, 3+5=8 3+6=9). Thus in addition to being a number of good fortune, Three is also the number of multiplicity and alchemy among other things.

Many believe the Triquetrais an ancient symbol of the female trinity, because it is composed of three interlaced yonic Vesica Pisces (a.k.a. PiscisSLatin for "Vessel of the Fish") and is the most basic and important construction in Sacred Geometry, which is the architecture of the universe.

A Vesica is formed when the circumference of two identical circles each pass through the center of the other in effect creating a portal. 'The Triquetra' represents the 'Power of Three' or the threefold nature of existence i.e. body, mind and spirit; life, death and rebirth; past, present and future; beginning, middle and end; Sun, Moon and Earth; and the threefold co-creative process described as thought, word, and deed.

Sphere=ovum
Vesica Pisces - Oval opening of the penis

The creation process as described in the Vedas is unfolding, maintaining, and concluding as in birth, life and death. There are innumerable trinities and triads throughout myth and religious traditions, such as the triple goddess; maiden, mother, crone. One example in Greek mythology is Kore, Demeter, Hecate. The Christian trinity is Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Vedic trinities include Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva with their consorts Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kali to name just a few.

I have often referred to triple planetary and celestial alignments as a Triune Council. This
month we have several Triune Councils including the important Venus retrograde in Scorpio
that will join up with Mercury and the Moon. Scorpio is the archetypal sign of the powerful
Sorceress Witch (the crone aspect also linked with Kali, Hecate, Pele, the Cretan Snake
Goddess, Cerridwen and all the goddesses linked with death and rebirth).

Her job is to align with divine will for the purpose of commanding life force energy so powerfully that she is fully the mistress of magic and manifestation generating ecstatic life experiences through the Shamanic Process of death and rebirth. It is worth noting all the Triune Councils that occur regularly 'Above and Below' as they energize the 'Power of Three.'

When we are seeking direct experience of these energies we can then work with them more consciously. If you feel inspired by and connected to the 'Power of Three' it may be worthwhile to experiment with gathering in groups of three with a common intent and then invoke the Power of Three and notice what happens. This just may be one simple key to planetary transformation utilizing the Power of Three to catalyze the alchemy of our world into the fully embodied, living experience of Heaven on Earth.

Greco-Roman:

Fate, the Moirai, who are
three-in-one as Moira; Hecate is three-fold; the Erinyes are
three-in-one as Erinys, as are the Gorgons as Medusa. There
are three charities, graces. There are 3 sirens, Horae, Hesperides,
Graiai. Cerberus is a triple-headed and Scylla has a 3 bitch tail.
The Chimera has a three part body. Three, four and their sum,
seven are sacred to Aphrodite/Venus as queen of the three worlds
and four elements. Orphic symbols has the triad of Being, Life, Intelligence.

Hebrew three is symbolized by Limitless Light;
sanctifying intelligence. In the Kaballah three represents understanding
and the trinity of male, female and uniting intelligence.

Hindu: The Trimurti, the triple power of
creation, destruction, preservation, of unfolding, maintaining and
concluding. There are various trinities of gods. The moon chariot
has three wheels.

Japanese: The Three Treasures are, Mirror,
Sword and Jewel--that being Truth, Courage and Compassion.

Maori: the Great Spirit, the Divine Creator,
is a trinity of sun, moon earth, the god of nature, of past, present,
and future. It is mind, character, physique symbolized by three
raised fingers.

Mexican: the Trinity is represented by
three crosses, one large, two smaller.

Scandinavia: Fate as the Three Norns, Mani, Nyi and
Nithi, who denote the full, new, and waning moon.

Teutonic mythology: the moon is Fate, and Holda,
the lunar goddess, is trine with her two daughters.
Thor is sometimes depicted with three heads and the triskele
is a symbol of Odin/Woden. Three is the number of good fortune.
In Carthage, the Great Goddess, as lunar, is represented by three
aniconic pillars.

Slavic: The moon god is triple-headed.

Taoist: The Great Triad is Heaven-Man
(Human)-Earth. Three is the strong number in Taoist symbolism
because it is the center point of equilibrium.

Four (4)

Four is the 4th dimension = time which is illusion.
Four is seen as the first solid number.
Spatial in scheme or order in manifestation.
Static as opposed to the circular and the dynamic
Wholeness; totality; completion; solid
Earth; order
Rational - relativity and justice
Symbol of measurement
Foundation

The are four cardinal points; four seasons; four winds; four directions (as in North, South, East, West); four elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth) in the western culture.

There are four sides to a square; four arms to a cross. There are four rivers to Paradise, that formed a cross (the Garden of Eden was said to be within the four rivers). Within Paradise were four infernal regions, seas, and sacred mountains. There are four watches of the night and day, quarters of the moon. There are four quarters to the earth. There are four tetramorphs. The Divine Quaternity is in direct contrast to the Trinity. Four is a symbolic number used throughout in the Old Testament. The quaternary can be depicted as the quatrefoil as well as the square and the cross.

Cultural References

Native American: As in other cultures, ceremonies and ritual acts are repeated in fours. The Native Amercican cultures have used the number 4 most frequently as in the four cardinal directions. The four winds are depicted by the symbol of the cross and by the symbol of the swastika. The swastika as some misbelieve was not created by Hitler. It was instead borrowed from the Native American and occult beliefs of which Hitler had great interests. Hitler derived his "insanity" of power from his misdirected interpretation and use of metaphysical principles. He used knowledge that his human consciousness couldn't possibly understand and the use of this knowledge for personal gain is part of the imbalance that creates the chaos and karma.

Buddhism: The Damba Tree of Life has four limbs and from its roots four sacred streams of Paradise that represent the the four boundless wishes of compassion, affection, love impartiality. It also represents the four directions of the heart as well.

Chinese Buddism: there are four celestial guardians of cardinal points are Mo-li Ch'ing, the East, with the jade ring and spear; Virupaksha, the West, the Far-gazer, with the four-stringed quitar; Virudhaka, the South, with the umbrella of choas and darkness and earthquakes; Vaisravenna, the North, with the whips, leopard-skin bag,
snake and pearl.

Chinese: Four is the number of the Earth, symbolized by the square. There are four streams of immortality. Four is even an number. It is Yin in polarity.

Christian: Four is the number representing the body, with three representing the soul. Again we see the theme of the four rivers in Paradise. There are four Gospels, Evangelists, chef arch-angels, chef-devils, four Fathers of the Church, Great Prophets. There are four cardinal virtues--prudence, fortitude, justice, temperance. The are four winds from which the One Spirit
is said to come. There are four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Revelation: There four angels standing at the four corners of the Earth, holding back the four winds of the earth (Rev 7:1). The great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language (four-fold description) - Rev 5:9 11:9 13:7 14:6 the four-fold description indicates that these people come from all over the earth.

Egyptian: Four is the sacred number of Time, measurement of the sun. Four pillars support the vault of heaven. There are four canopic jars placed around the dead at the four corners guarded by the four sons of Horus who are associated with the cardinal points. In the Hermetic it is the divine quaternity. It represents God.

Hebrew: Four represents measuring; beneficence; intelligence. In the Kabbalah four is memory; four represents the
four worlds of the Kabbalah.It also represents the four directions of space and the four levels of the hierarchical organism of the Torah.

Hindu: Four is Totality; plenitude; perfection.
Brahma, the Creator is four faced. The temple is based on the four
sides of the square, symbolizing order and finality. There are four
tattvas the four bodies bodies of human and kingdoms of nature
which are animal, vegetable, mineral, mind. There are four yugas.
Four is the winning throw of the dice. There are four castes and
pairs of opposites.

Islamic: tradition the four terms of
the quaternary are the Principle which is Creator; Universal Spirit;
Universal Soul; and the primordial matter. These correspond to the
four worlds of Kabbalism. There are four angelic beings and four
houses of death. There are four levels to the Bardo.

Mayan culture four giants support the
celestial roof. Four is seen as the number of support .

Pythagorean: Four is Perfection;
harmonious proportion; justice; the earth. Four is the number
of the Pythagorean oath.
Four and ten are divinities. The Tetraktys 1+2+3+4=10.

Scandinavian: there are four rivers of
milk flowing in Asgard.

Sumero-Semitic: Four astral gods are
indentified with the four cardinal points.

Teutonic: four dwarfs support the world.

Taoist: There are four celestial guardians,
Li, with the pagoda; Ma, with the sword; Cho with two swords;
Wen with a spiked club.

Five (5)

Five is the symbol of human microcosm. The number of the human being.
Human forms---the pentagon when arms and legs are out stretched.
The pentagon is endless ---sharing the symbolism of perfection and
power of the circle.
Five is a circular number as it produces itself in its last digit when
raised to its own power.
The pentacle, like the circle symbolizes whole, the quincunx
being the number of its center and the meeting point of heaven,
earth, and the four cardinal points plus the center point.

Five is also representative of the Godhead - Central Creator of the four
fours plus itself equalling five.
Five is the marriage of the hieros gamos as combination of feminine and
the masculine. Feminine being even, as 2, in frequency and masculine being
odd as 3 in frequency = 5.

The number five symbolizes meditation; religion; versatility. It represents
the five senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing) everywhere except in
the East. In the East there are six---the extra being Mind. We find meanings
to five in the five petaled flower, five pointed leaves--especially the ROSE.
The Rose has much symbolism, but also the lily, vine, all of which represent
the microcosm.

The five pointed star depicts individuality and spiritual aspiration, and
education when it points upward. The five pointed star
pointing downward represents witchcraft, and it is used in black magic.
Noted: There is a very broad difference between witchcraft and black magic.

The number five formed the first counting process from which all else came.

Cultural References

Alchemy: The five petaled flower and
five pointed star symbolizing the quintessence.

Buddhist: belief the heart has four directions--
the heart center makes five, symbolizing, universality. This idea is also
symbolized by the Sacred Mountains surrounded by the four islands.
There are five Dhyani Buddhas: Vairocana, the Brillant, who is represented
by the wheel, the witness; Akshobhya, the Imperturbable, with vajra,
the East and blue; Ratnasambhava, the Jewel-born, jewel, south, yellow;
Amitabha, Boundless Light, lotus, West, red; Amoghasiddhi, Infallible
Success, sword, North, green.

Christian: Five depicts human beings after
the Fall in the Garden of Eden. There are five senses; five points to the
cross; wounds of Christ; fishes feeding five thousand; and books of Moses.

Egyptian: There are five crocodiles of the Nile.

Graeco-Roman: Five is the nuptial number of
love and union.. It is the number of Venus. Venus years are completed
in groups of five. Apollo as god of light has five qualities: omniscience,
omnipresence; omnipotence, eternity, and unity.

Hebrew: Five represents strength and severity;
radical intelligence. In kabbala five represence fear.

Hindu: Five is the quinary groups of the world;
the five elements of the subtle and coarse states; their primary colors;
of senses; five faces of Siva and the twice-five incarnations of Vishnu.

Islamic: There are five pillars of religion;
five Devine Presences; five fundamental dogmas; five actions; and five
daily times of prayer.

Parsee: Five is a significant number in Parsee and Mandaean rites - possibly connected with the five sacred intercalary days of light.

Pythagorean: Hieros, gamos, the marriage of heaven, earth. It represents Apollo as God of light and his five qualities.

Six (6)

Six represents equilibrium; harmony - balance. It is the perfect number within
the decad: 1+2+3=6. It is the most productive of all numbers.

It symbolizes union of polarity, the hermaphrodite being represented by
the two interlaced triangles, the upward- pointing as male, fire and the
heavens, and the downward-pointing as female, the waters and the earth.

Six is the symbol of luck; love; health; beauty; chance. It is a winning
number at the throw of the dice in the West.

There are six rays of the solar wheel and there are six interlaced triangles.
There are six pointed stars or Seal of Solomon - and Star of David - Merkabah

Cultural References

Chinese: Six represents Universe, with its four cardinal points and the Above and Below - making it a total of six directions. Chinese culture there are six senses: tastse, touch, smell, sight, hearing, the sixth being mind.
The day and night each have six periods.

Christian: Six is perfection; completion because man was created on the sixth day. Six is man's number The most obvious use of this number is in the notorious passage containing 666.

(Rev 13:18 NIV) This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.

Hebrew: There are six days of creation. It symbolizes meditation and intelligence.

Seven (7)

If 6 represents humanity then 7 - the center of the spiral is humanity's connection to its source, god, Christ consciousness - or whatever name you prefer.

Seven is the number of the Universe. It is the three of the heavens (soul) combined with the four (body) of the earth; being the first number containing both the spiritual and the temporal. In looking over the list of meanings it doesn't take long to figure out why the seven has become significant in metaphysical, religious and other spiritual doctrines - as seven represents the virginity of the Great Mother - feminine archetype - She who creates.

There are 7
ages of man
ancient wonders of the world
circles of Universe
cosmic stages
days of the week
heavens
hells
pillars of wisdom
rays of the sun
musical notes - sound as frequency plays a key roll in matters of Universe. There are over 80 octaves of frequency - each governing a specific manifestation in Universe.

Cultural References

The writings about the seven-headed dragon appear throughout
India, Persia, the Far East, especially Cambodia, but also Celtic
and other Mediterranean myths.

The seventh ray of the sun is the path by which the human
beings pass from this world to the next. Seven days is the
period for fasting and penitence. The seventh power of any number,
both square and a cube and thus was given great importance.

Astrology: There are seven stars of the
Great Bear which are indestructible. There are seven Pleiades--
sometimes referred to as the, Seven Sisters.

Buddhist: Seven is the number of ascent and
of ascending to the higest; attaining the center. The seven steps
of Buddha symbolize the ascent of the seven cosmic stages
transcending time and space. The seven-storied prasada at
Borobadur is a sacred mountain and axis mundi, culminating
in the transcendent North, reaching the realm of Buddha.

Chinese culture the meaning and
symboligies are intertwined throughout in their myths and
legends of fairies and animal spirits.

Christian: Seven is idealogogy. God is represented by the seventh ray in the center of the six rays of creation. There are seven sacraments;
gifts of spirit; the seven of 3+4 theological and cardinal virtues; deadly sins, tiers of Purgatory (in metaphysical belief this would be one of the lower astral planes - or in Buddhism, one of the Bardo planes). There are 7 councils of the early church - crystal spheres containing the planets - devils cast out by Christ - joys and sorrows of Mary the Blessed Virgin, mother of Jesus - liberal arts - major prophets - periods of fasting and penitence - seventh day after the six of creation

In the Old Testament there are the seven altars of Baalam; oxen and rams for sacrifice; trumpets; circuits of Jericho; seven times Naaman bathed in the Jordan. Seven is the number of Samon's bonds; the child raised by Elisha sneezed seven times. The Ark rested on the seventh month and the dove was sent out after seven days.

The number seven is used 55 times in Revelation. It usually means fullness or completeness as in seven days of the week. God rested on the seventh day. Examples abound: seven churches, seven trumpets, seven seals, seven bowls, seven eyes etc etc.

Egyptian mythology: There are seven Hathors
as Fates and the priestesses of Hathor have seven jars in their
seven tunics. Ra has seven hawks representing the seven Wise Ones.
Six cows and a bull represent fertility. There are seven houses
of the underworld, as depicted in Egyptian myths, with three
times seven gates. Seven is the sacred number of Osiris.

Graeco-Roman: Sacred to Apollo,
whose lyre has seven strings, and to Athene/Minerva and
Ares/Mars; Pan had seven pipes (again a reference to seven
musical notes and frequency); there seven Wise Men of Greece.

Hebrew tradition: Seven is the number of
occult intelligence. There are seven Great Holy Days in the Jewish
year; the Menorah has seven branches; the Temple took seven
years to build; and there are seven pillars of wisdom.

Hinduism there are Seven Jewels of the
Brahmanas and seven gods before the floods and seven
Wise Men saved from it.

Islamic: The perfect number is seven.
In Islamic tradition there are references to seven:
heavens
climates
earths and seas
colors
prophets (active powers) states or stations of the heart
The Ka'aba is circumambulated seven times representing
the seven attributes of God.

Magic: There are seven knots in a cord for
"spellbinding" and incantations
are sevenfold. Certain orders of Brotherhood use theme of
tying seven knots in their rope sash worn around their waist.

Mithraic: The cave of Mithras has seven doors, seven altars,
and a ladder with seven rungs depicting the
seven grades of initiation into the mystery schools.

Pythagorean: Seven is a cosmic number with
three of heaven and four of the world.

Sumero-Semitic: There are seven lunar
divisions and days of the week. "Thou shalt shine with horns
to determine six days and on the seventh with half a crown.",
the seventh thus becomes opposition to the sun and symbolizes
darkness and balefulness and therefore is dangerous to undertake
anything on the seventh day because that is the day of rest.
We can see here the influence of this belief in other religious
contexts. There are seven zones of earth; heavens,
symbolized by the planes of ziggurat.

There are seven branches to the Tree of Life each having
seven leaves. Leaves are symbols of fertility, renewal and
growth. There are seven gates of hell, seven demons of
Tiamat and seven winds to destroy her---interesting
to note that in many belief systems it is said that the
astral plane has seven levels to it--one sound on one of
those levels is "wind".

Seven is a mystic number traditionally associated with Venus and
more recently with Neptune. It is the number of feelings and of
instincts - of the Group Mind, of Love, whether that strange,
indescribable but pervasive feeling of love is towards another
person, a pet, oneself or one's God. 'Love' embodies tremendous
sexual energy, the emotions of which may be directed in various ways.

Heptagon

Heptagon is the inward directing of that emotion, the containment, the 'love inside',
that is symbolized by the heptagon. It is the love we 'hold' and can equally
signify a deep religious conviction, a forming of our God in our own image
or an infatuation with another. It is feeling contained.

Heptagram

The 7-pointed star or heptagram is a mystical occult symbol. Like the
pentagram, it has been called the Witch's Star, also the Astrologer's Star.
Beyond six points, the polygrams all have multiple configurations and the
heptagram may be drawn in two different ways - an obtuse form and an
acute angled form; both forms are unicursal, here shown together with the
third 7-point figure, the heptagon.

In cabalistic terms, the number '7' is attributed to Venus. It relates to
Man's mundane feelings and his instincts - to his sexuality . It relates
to Man's place in the pattern of Nature and to his linking with the
Group Mind - the undifferentiated Soul of Mankind.

Man's pattern of mundane life is much ruled by the seven day cycle of
the week. The seven classical 'planets' : Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury,
Jupiter, Venus and Saturlend their names to the days of the week and
may be arranged around the figure of the heptagram.

Placed around the acute heptagram in the order of their apparent speed of
movement in the heavens, the 'planets' are ordered along the unicursal line
in the order of days of the week.

The heptagram also relates to the seven chakras of the body.
These are the energy nodes that rise up the course of the spine from the
basal node, where is coiled the Kundalini serpent, to the point at the top
of the head. The mundane well-being of the body and its aura are linked
to the chakras. The heptagram is symbolic of this balanced, flowing of
bodily energies and of health. It is a symbol relating to healing and
dynamic balance of the body physic.

There are two forms of heptagram:

The obtuse form suggests passivity, contentment and attuning with nature
and its forces; of healthy rhythms and normal sexuality; of balanced feelings
and satisfied desires; of normal receptivity and awareness of the feelings
of others.

The acute, active form suggests an outgoing interaction with nature's forces,
making progressive use of them and directing sexual energy. It suggests strong
feelings and strongly expressed desires; likewise perhaps, heightened
sensitivity to the emotions of others. It is a symbol of the empath and
the healer.

Eight (8)

Spiritually eight is the goal of the initiate, having gone through the
seven stages. Eight is Infinity - Paradise regained.

Eight is solidarity as the first cube and it denotes perfection by virtue of
it's six surfaces. There are eight winds and intermediate directions of
space. Eight represents the pairs of opposites. The octagon is the
beginning of the transformation of the square into a circle and vice versa.

Cultural References

Eight in many cultures and ideologies seems to have similar meanings:
Felicity
Perfect rhythm
Regeneration
Resurrection

In some myths the eighth day created the new "man" of grace. After seven
days of fasting and penance the eighth day becomes plenty and renewal. 7+1
is the number of the octave which is a continual theme in all esoteric belief
systems. The knowledge of frequency and sound are a vital key in the ancient
"mystery schools".

Buddhist tradition: eight is completion, all
possibilities. There are eight symbols of good augury.

Chinese system of belief eight represents the whole.
It is all possibilities in manifestation. Eight is seen as a good luck number.
The PAKUA is the design depicting the eight trigrams and pairs of opposites,
usually in a circle, the circumference of which symbolizes time and space.
There are eight delights of human existence.

Christian: Eight is regeneration and rebirth.
The font is usually octagonal as symbolizing the place of regeneration.
There are eight beatitudes.

Hebrew: Eight is perfect intelligence; splendor.
The digit value of "IHVH" is the "Number of the Lord". The Temple was sanctified
in eight days.

Hermetic: In their system there is one chief God,
(eight minor gods) Thoth/Hermes was the inventor of numbers and geometry.

Hindu: 8x8 symbolism is the order of the celestial
world established on earth. Temples are built on the pattern of the MANDALA,
which is the 8x8 symbol. In their belief system there are eight regions of the
world, suns, divisions of the day, and eight chakras.

Islamic: The throne which encompasses the world
is supported by eight angels, corresponding to both the eight divisions of space
and the groups of letters in the Arabic alphabet.

Japanese: Eight is the "many". There are eight
Gods in the heavens.

Platonic: Plato has eight spheres of different
colors surrounding the luminous pillars of the heavens.

Pythagorean: Eight is solidarity and stability.

Sumero-Semitic: Eight is the magic number
of Nebo.

Taoist: Eight to be All possibilities in
manifestation with the Pa Kua representing the forces in the phenomenal
world. There are eight Taoist genii or immortals.

Nine (9)

Nine is composed of the all-powerful 3x3.

It is the Triple Triad - Completion; fulfillment; attainment; beginning and the end;
the whole number; a celestial and angelic number - the Earthly Paradise.

It is the number of the circumference, its division into 90 degrees and into
360 for the entire circumference.

Nine is symbolized by the two triangles which are a symbol of
male, fire, mountain and female, water, cave principles.

Cultural References

Buddhist tradition holds nine to be the
supreme spiritual power, and a celestial number.

Celtic legend symbolizes nine as a highly
significant number. It is a central number with the eight directions with
the center making nine. The Triple Goddesses are thrice three. There are nine
Celtic maidens and nine white stones that symbolize the nine virgins
attendant on Bridgit. Nine is connected with the Beltane Fire rites which
are attended by 81( 8+ 1= 9) men, nine at a time.

Chinese: Nine is qa celestial power. It is 3x3
being the most auspicious of all the numbers. Nine also signifies the eight
directions with the center as the ninth point known as the Hall of Light.
There are nine great social laws and classes of officials. In land divisions
for Feng Shui there are eight exterior squares for cultivation of the land
by holders and the central, and ninth, square is a "god's acre", dedicated
to Shang-ti, the supreme ruler. It is also known as the Emperor's Field,
giving homage and respect denoting the position of heavenly power.

Christian: Nine is one of the numbers that appears
scantly in Christian symbolism. There are the triple triads of choirs of angels
and nine spheres and nine rings around hell.

Egyptian mythology nine represents The
Ennead.

Graeco-Roman: There are nine Gods and later
nine muses.

Hebrew: Nine is pure intelligence ( eight
was perfect intellingence ). Also represents truth, since it reproduces
itself when multiplied.

Kabbalism nine symbolizes foundation.

Hindu: Nine is the number of Agni, fire.
The square of the nine forms the mandala of eighty-one squares and leads to,
and encloses the Universe.

Mayan: There are nine underworlds each ruled by
a God. We find this reference to "nine underworlds" present in many cultures
and beliefs.

Pythagorean: The nine is the limit of all numbers,
all others existing and coming from the same. ie: 0 to 9 is all one needs to make
up an infinite amount of numbers.

Scandinavian: Odin/Woden hung for nine days and
nights on the Yggdrasil to win the secrets of wisdom for humankind. Skeldi,
the northern Persephone, the goddess of snow, lives in her mountain for three
months and by Niord's sea for nine months. Nine is the sacred number in
Scandinavian-Teutonic symbolism.

Ten (10)

10 = 1 = Rebirth - that which stirs and awakens your soul at this time.

Ten is the number of the cosmos---the paradigm of creation. The decad
contains all numbers and therefore all things and possibilities. It is the
radix or turning point of all counting.

Ten is all-inclusive representing
law; order and dominion. The tetraktys 1+2+3+4= 10 symbolizes divinity and
one represents a point; two, length; three, a plane or surface (as a
triangle); four, solidity or space.

It is seen as the perfect--the return to
unity. When based on the digits of the two hands, it is completeness and the
foundation of all counting. Its highest ranges of completeness, 100 and 1000,
are the basis of all Hindu cosmology, and in China the Ten Thousand Things,
ie: the uncountable, symbolize the whole of manifestation.

Ten is also the number of completion of journeys and returns to origins: Odysseus wandered for nine years and returned on the tenth. Troy was besieged for nine years and fell on the tenth. Ten is the sum of the number nine of the circumference with the one of the center---being perfection. We see ten also being symbolized in rituals like the ritual of the Maypole - the one of the axis with the circle danced around.

Cultural References

Chinese: Represented by a cross formed centrally by the character chi, symbolizing the self facing both ways as both Yin and Yang, which
is considered to be the perfect figure. The Ten Celestial Stems (Kan) are possibly connected with the names of the ten-day week on the prevailing cyclic calculations, as evident in the number sixty.

Christian: There are ten Commandments of the Decalogue; as there are ten parables of the ten lamps, virgins, and talents. Tithes were to be given to God.

Gnostic: The ten Aeons become Sephiroth, emanating from the Pleroma.

Hebrew: In Qabalism ten is the numerical value of Yod, the Eternal Word, the first letter of the Divine name. Still in keeping with the
Qabalist theme, ten, is representative of ...

The spheres or emanations from the Ein Soph, symbolized by the Tree of Life. The first being the Monad, the First Cause of the other nine which are composed of three trinities, each being an image of the original Trinity of male-female and uniting intelligence. The tenth Adoni represents the mystic return to unity. In SolomonŐs Temple there were ten lavers, tables and candlesticks. The cherubim were ten cubits high and ten Levites minister before the Ark.

Islamic: Tithing holds an important place.

Hindu: Ten is based on the higher ranges of ten, ie: 100 and 1000.

Pythagorean: Ten is The Monad, the recommencement of a series and infinite expansion. Ten is perfection.

Roman: Ten is represented by X, the perfect figure and is seen as completion.

Sumero-Semitic: The tenth day of the Spring Festival was celebrated by a procession comprising the whole of the Gods.

Eleven (11)

The number 11 is double digit that repeats itself - therefore is considered as a Master or Power Number. In Numerology - 11 represents impractical idealism, visionary, refinement of ideals, intuition, revelation, artistic and inventive genius, avant-garde, androgynous, film, fame, refinement fulfilled when working with a practical partner.

Eleven is a higher octave of the number two . It carries psychic vibrations and has an equal balance of masculine and feminine properties. Because eleven contains many gifts such as psychic awareness and a keen sense of sensitivity, it also has negative effects such as treachery and betrayal from secret enemies.

In systems such as Astrology and basic Numerology, eleven is considered to be a Master Number.

Ten being the perfect number, eleven represents the exceeding of both. It is interesting to note that eleven when broken down (1+1=2) comprises the Two of duality.

Twelve (12)

12:12=3+3=6=Star of David - Merkabah - Kabbalah - Tree of Life - blueprint for the architecture of our reality.

Reality is created by 12 a source. (Triggered by a tone - the source divides into 12 pyramids which spiral around the source creating a multi-dimensional grid or matrix. This is the source of energy which creates everything our soul experiences in many levels of grid realities. This all occurs simultaneously - though 12 is a measure of time - the calendar months - clocks - astrology - etc.

The Duocad is a complete cycle; cosmic order. The 3x4 is both the spiritual and temporal order--the esoteric and the exoteric. There are twelve signs in the standard Zodiac and twelve months in our year. Twelve hours of the day and night.

12 is a higher octave of the number three and is an indicator of great understanding and wisdom. Much of its knowledge is gleaned from life experiences which enables a sense of calm to prevail in even the most turbulent of situations. Twelve is significant in ancient man's life because there were twelve tribes in Israel, twelve disciples followed Jesus, there are twelve astrological signs in the zodiac, there are twelve months in the year, and our modern clock is divided into two groups of twelve hours. It is considered to be the ancient number of completion as it signals the end of childhood and the beginning stages of adulthood. Additionally, the ancient numbering and measuring systems are based on this number, as evidenced by terms such as a dozen (12), a gross (12 times 12), a shilling (12 pence) and a foot (12 inches). Negatively, twelve can suffer from a form of depression brought about by a feeling of resignation that life's events have transpired in such a way. (There are also 12 countries using the euro as of December 2004.)

Cultural References

There are twelve fruits of the Cosmic Tree. It is said that there are twelve days of return to chaos at he Winter Solstice, when the dead return celebrated in the Saturnalia in Rome. There are twelve days of Yuletide and Christmas; these celebrations are also found in Vedic, Chinese, Pagan and European symbolism. The days are said to forecast the meteorological pattern of the twelve months of the coming year.

Buddhist: There are twelve members of the council of the Dalai Lama.

Celtic: There were twelve paladins or peers of Charlemagne and twelve knights of the Round Table at King Arthur's court.

These are the Beasts of the Constellations and are under the six branches of the Year Tree; there are six wild,---Yin and six domestic---Yang animals represented.

Christian: There are twelve Fruits of the Spirit; Tribes of Israel and there are twelve Apostles. There are twelve gates and foundation stones of the Holy City. There are twelve days of Christmas.

Revelation: Twelve indicates God working in the world through man as in the twelve tribes of Israel and twelve apostles. The woman of 12:1 with a crown of twelve stars on her head represents the Old Testament people of God who bring forth the Messiah (cf. Gen 37:9). We have the new Jerusalem with twelve gates and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel (21:12). The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (21:14). Both these indicate that the New Jerusalem has saints from both the old and new testaments. Also associated with the New Jerusalem are the numbers 144 and 12,000 which are multiples of twelve. 1,260 days, 42 months, time, times and half a time, three and a half days. These numbers are either three and a half years or three and a half days or in other words a half week (of years). When these periods are used in Revelation they indicate either persecution or protection.

It may also reference third dimension.

Graeco-Roman: Herodotus says there are twelve gods and goddesses of Olympus. Hesiod mentions there were twelve Titans. Twelve is also the number of the Tables of the Law and the days and nights is Saturnalia.

Hebrew: There are twelve fruits of the Tree of Life
and twelve gates of the Heavenly City. There are twelve loaves of the Table
of the Temple, which represented the months of the year. Aaron had twelve
precious stones in his breastplate. There were twelve sons of Jacob.

Hermetic: There are twelve months of the year and
there were twelve torments.

Islamic: Twelve descendants of Ali, the Imams or
directors rule the twelve ours of the day.

Sumero-Semitic: There are twelve days of duel
between Chaos and Cosmos.

Thirteen (13)

Does anybody believe that Friday the 13th is necessarily a bad luck day anymore? Get over it. Superstitions make great copy and distill fear, the key element in our reality upon which most storylines are based. They control those who would allow themselves to be controlled, or more to the point, are programmed to that end and need to awaken and move beyond conditioning. In the 21st (3) century, for most adults ... it's just another day in the life.

The number 13 is probably the most common of all superstitions, considered a bad luck day unless you were born on Friday the thirteenth in which case it is allegedly your lucky day.

13 is the atomic number of aluminium. In chemistry and physics, the atomic number (also known as the proton number) is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom. It is traditionally represented by the symbol

Z.

The atomic number uniquely identifies a chemical element. In an atom of neutral charge, atomic number is equal to the number of electrons. The atomic number is closely related to the mass number, which is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.

With the 12 around 1 matrix, we find the origins of a superstition linking 13 people at the Last Supper - 12 disciples around Jesus, his death creating bad luck, until he returns.

The human menstrual period occurs in a typical woman every 28 days, and this in many ancient cultures suggested a connection between thirteen and women. The association of thirteen with bad luck may be a vilification of the "female" number.

According to another interpretation, the number 13 is unlucky because it is the number of full moons in a contemporary year, but two full moons in a single calendar month (mistakenly referred to as a blue moon in a magazine article of the 1940s) only happens about every 5 years.

Early nursery rhymes stated there were thirteen months in a year because of the natural moon cycle that was used to count the lunar year. In England, a calendar of thirteen months of 28 days each, plus one extra day, known as "a year and a day" was still in use up to Tudor times.

It was suggested by Charles A. Platt writing in 1925 that the reason 13 is considered unlucky is that a person can count from 1-12 with their 8 fingers, two thumbs and 2 feet, but not beyond that, so the number 13 is unknown, hence frightening, hence unlucky. This idea discounts the use of toes or other body parts in counting.

In Scotland, there is no gate 13 in any airport, instead there is a gate 12B.
Inside of a Lufthansa plane with row numbers going straight from 12 to 14.
Some airplanes skip a row 13, going straight from 12 to 14.

Some tall buildings have resorted to skipping the "thirteenth floor", either by numbering it "14" or as "12a".

Some streets do not contain a house number 13.

In some forms of motor sport, for example Formula One, there is no number 13 car.

In many cultures, getting married on any day of the week that falls under number 13 is highly discouraged.
There is a superstition that should thirteen sit at a table to dine, one will die in the next year. This prompted the formation of The Thirteen Club to debunk it.

The legion with which Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon was the Legio XIII Gemina or the 13th legion.

The Code of Hammurabi, a collection of laws created ca. 1760 BC, does not contain a thirteenth law.

The College of William and Mary claims 13 priorities, or achievements of the academic world, which they accomplished before any other university or college in the United States. For example, William and Mary was the first college in the US to establish an honor code. A marble plaque commemorating these 13 priorities hangs on the exterior wall of the Wren Building, the nation's oldest academic building still in continuous use. Today, the Wren Building houses the college's Religious Studies department.

The Apollo 13 spacecraft malfunctioned after being launched on April 11th at 13:13 CST, forcing it to return to Earth without a landing on the moon and imperiling its crew.

After 13 years of being the richest man in the world, Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates lost this title, according to Forbes magazine's 2008 list of the world's billionaires.

Thirteen may be considered a "bad" or "unlucky" number simply because when a group of 13 objects or people is divided into two, three, four or six equal groups, there is always one leftover, or "unlucky", object or person.

Mythology

Friday the 13th superstitions originated in a Norse myth about twelve gods having a feast in Valhalla. The mischievous Loki crashed the party as an uninvited 13th guest and arranged for Hod, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Baldur, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Baldur was killed and the Earth was plunged into darkness and mourning as a result.

Later she was confused with the goddess of love, Freya, who in turn became identified with Friday. When the Norsemen and Germanic tribes became Christians, Freya was supposed to have been banished to the mountains as a witch. Friday came to be called 'witches' Sabbath. It was believed that on this day, each week, twelve witches and the Devil met - thirteen evil spirits in all.

Some believe that the arrest of Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and 60 of his senior knights on Friday, October 13, 1307 by King Philip IV of France is the origin of this superstition. That day thousands of Templars were arrested and subsequently tortured. They then 'confessed' and were executed. From that day on, Friday the 13th was considered by followers of the Templars as an evil and unlucky day.

Were the Knights Templar created by a group called the Priory of Sion? The treasures and secrets of these mystical organizations take us to the American continent and the Freemasons, who carry the energy signature of the creation of our reality with them.

The Freemasons left us clues some of which include number 13.

The original US flag had 13 stars.
If you think outside the box, viewing the star pattern as a hologram,
raising the center point - it creates a pyramid of souls in color code blue.
You also see symbols for above and below - 'X' and a Diamond (Sacred Geometry)

The US One Dollar Bill depicts the Unfinished Pyramid at Giza
Golden Capstone, Alchemy of Consciousness
An Illuminated All Seeing Eye AboveEye references the center of the Milky Way Galaxy
13 illuminated stars form a Star of David around a central sourceMerkabah - Movement of Consciousness in and out of realities above the Eagle.